The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is implementing a rapid reaction program aimed at supplying the collective armed forces with modern weaponry, the head of the organization’s joint headquarters said Thursday.

“The new weapons supplies will replace the old ones. A process of gradual enrichment is now under way. We are now essentially focused on intelligence and management resources,” Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov told reporters in Yerevan.

He added that all the CSTO member states, including Armenia, have the modern supplies but didn’t unveil further details.

Asked whether the military equipment exhibited as part of the ongoing military drills in Yerevan will remain in Armenia, Sidorov said they have no such intention.

“No equipment will remain on the territory of Armenia after the end of the exercises. The military supplies will return where they have been brought from,” he added.